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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was dying as my first child was born, and we moved when she was two months old, so yeah, that was a huge upheaval coupled with an identity crisis of becoming a parent. And I had a second child 2.5 years later. Since then, however, things have been very stable for about 5 years, and so I'm "on the other side" of those bad times. I do feel like I had to reinvent myself a bit, find a new social circle, and change my standards. It was definitely a process, but I'm much happier as a result.

I think my biggest advice is to try to deal with the past and then let it go (not let your dad go, but some of the other stuff), then open yourself to new possibilities, new people, and the rest will figure itself out. All the energy I put toward my mom, before she died, I put toward my sister and her children and my dad, and then elsewhere in my life.

Good luck![/quote]

I should add that for me, one key thing has been returning to work. I don't have a high-pressure job, but it gets me out of my head/house. Not trying to knock SAHMs (at all!), but for me personally, that was one thing that helped a lot.[/quote]

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